Recap: Bhabho has set a three-pot challenge to Sandhya with the condition that she is given three chances and one pot will be broken for each of Sandhya's mistakes and once all pots are broken, Sandhya has to forget her dream and if Sandhya manages to save at least one of them until her birthday, she wins and can pursue her dream. Sandhya has lost two pots, one for Chavvi falsely blaming her and the other deliberately by Sandhya herself after knowing that Bhabho is not happy with her pursuing her dream. Suraj on the other hand is making efforts to help Sandhya prepare well for UPSC with DSP's help. One of that is participating in a quiz contest. Emily also wishes to participate in the quiz program for the prize money of 50,000 which Bhabho allows her in hopes of Emily winning against Sandhya. Sandhya and Emily get selected in the selection round of quiz competition.
Summary: Bhabhasa understands Bhabho's intentions behind allowing Emily to compete against Sandhya. He gives a task to both of them to prove their abilities to Bhabho. The task is they have to get a saree free of cost from Meena. Both try their methods and Sandhya wins it proving Bhabhasa's faith on her abilities to win. Sandhya clears three rounds of the contest and also the semifinals easily. Emily also clears all the rounds and semifinals round by cheating. Meanwhile Bhabho gets to know that the two pots were broken on false reasons and Sandhya is innocent. She traps Chavvi and Meena and confirms this. She wonders why Sandhya took the blame in both incidents and Bhabhasa makes her realize Sandhya's worth and Bhabho accepts it and admires Sandhya is the only one who can take care of their family after her but she is still against Sandhya's dreams.
The finals of the quiz contest also falls on Sandhya's birthday and the last day of pot challenge. Bhabho plans something. Suraj wishes and gifts Sandhya on her birthday. All the family members wish and Bhabho takes her to temple where she emotionally blackmails Sandhya to choose either her dream or her family. She asks Sandhya to lose the competition and be the eldest daughter-in-law of her family or win the competition and cut their ties from the family living separately. Sandhya is in dilemma and before she could take a decision, Suraj reaches there hurrying them for the contest. Suraj senses some problem.
SRK is the surprise guest in the finals. Sandhya is confused and does not attempt to answer. Suraj and Babhasa are surprised. Bhabhasa is doubtful and meets Sandhya during the break time. He emotionally traps Sandhya to tell the truth and she reveals Bhabho's keys condition. Suraj who learns all this by overhearing them takes SRK's permission to speak to Sandhya. He asks Sandhya to trust him, encourages her to focus on winning the contest and promises that he will set everything right. SRK appreciates them. Then, the contest continues and Sandhya answers well and wins the contest. Bhabho is upset. On returning home, Suraj announces that they are leaving home. The family requests Bhabho to stop them who refuses to do so, but Suraj challenges her that Bhabho will call them back in 15 days.
Sandhya is worried but Suraj assures her to have faith in him. They rent a house in the same Hanuman galli from where they can watch Bhabho through a window and both are elated. The neighbors gossip about it and Suraj informs them that they are living separately for just 15 days to help Sandhya study and learn house managing skills simultaneously. Sandhya demonstrates poor skills in buying groceries and vessels and also managing cooking.
Rakhi festival is nearing and Chavvi and Bhabho are worried as they had always wished Chavvi's last rakhi before marriage to be celebrated in a grand way. Suraj and Sandhya plan to gift a necklace to Chavvi which they purchase in a shop in Ajmer. They get stuck in the lift and unable to return home. The family gets to know about Suraj purchasing necklace and blame him for forgetting their sister's rakhi celebration. Both Vikram and Mohit excuse from celebrating it. The next day, SurYa manage to reach home at the last moment of rakhi muhurat. Suraj had brought paalki and bandset and Chavvi's last rakhi is celebrated as she had wished. Family feels guilty when SurYa gift Chavvi the necklace.
Bhabho does not melt with this act and Sandhya is upset. Suraj reassures her that Bhabho will visit their house by next day night. The next day, Meena mistakes neighbors maxis to be Sandhya's and fills Bhabho's ears that Sandhya is wearing maxis in her house. Bhabho who wants to confirm whether this is true or false goes to Suraj's house in the context of giving Sandhya's marks card. Sandhya is elated to see Bhabho at their house door and is overwhelmed by Suraj's faith prophecies. The next day is Teej and Sandhya is totally unaware of it. Suraj tries to remind Sandhya and Bhabho tries to remind Suraj but there is a confusion and both presume Sandhya is aware of Teej. Sandhya eats her lunch unaware of it. When she realizes it is Teej in the evening, she is upset and confesses it in front of the neighbors despite Emily advising her to not reveal it.
The next day, a shop next to Vikram's shop is set for sale and he expresses his wish of buying that shop to Bhabho who denies it for lack of money. Mohit gets an idea why not they buy it so that Emily can start her beauty parlor and start earning. Vikram and Meena trick Suraj in buying the shop while Mohit and Emily emotionally trap Bhabho in buying that shop for them. When both parties come face to face at the broker's office, ViNa and MoMly blame each other on the road. Furiated Bhabho asks Suraj to step out of house and stay away from family matters. Suraj is shattered.
Sandhya finds out a way to melt down Bhabho and does all wrong things, staining Suraj's shirts, cooking bad food, etc. She tricks Bhabho in preparing food for Suraj secretly. Chavvi sees an ad of a new jewelry shop and forces Bhabho to buy jewels from there. Bhabho is not okay with it and visits the shop for Chavvi's sake. The shopkeeper is a fraud and visits Rathi's house and acts as an honest person. Bhabho is moved and buys jewelries from that person that day. Chavvi sends the photos of jewels to Dilip which Dilip's mother likes and asks Bhabho to buy three more sets from their side. Bhabho buys jewelries worth 5.5 lakhs and shopkeeper tricks Bhabho to take invalid receipt and save tax. Bhabho shows the jewels to her neighbors and Sandhya is one among them. The next day, Bhabho takes the jewels to keep in bank locker and on their way, a thief snatches the jewels bag and runs away. Bhabho and Bhabhasa fail to catch him and are devastated. Bhabhasa advises to give police complaint and learns that Bhabho has no valid receipt for them. After some time, the thief returns to them and gives back the jewels telling they are fake. Bhabho is shocked and goes to her family jeweler who confirms that the jewels are fake.
Bhabho is shattered and returns home where Vikram and Mohit are fighting over house expenses. She is lost in worry and unknowingly lights the carpet in the pooja room. Suraj sees fumes and fire and runs to save Bhabho. He understands Bhabho is in serious problem but she does not tell anything. He confronts her the next day where she challenges him to find out about it by himself and also solve it. Meena steals a jewel set of Chavvi to wear it to her cousin's marriage where she loses an earring. Accidentally, SurYa are also at the same marriage preparing sweets and the lost earring is mixed in their sweets. The next day, they find the earring and Sandhya identifies it is Chavvi's new earring and also finds out that it seems fake which they confirm with the family jeweler. They go to the jewel shop where Bhabho bought it and gets to know about the cheating. Dilip and his parents arrive to Rathi's house to get their jewels. Bhabho is helpless and family advises her to give the fake jewels to them. Sandhya helps them by giving her marriage jewels to Dilip's parents. Dilip's mother appreciates the jewelry and Rathis get to know that she is an expert in jewels designing and are relieved they did not give the fake jewels.
The next day is Dussehra and 15th day of challenge. Bhabho tricks SurYa to come to house by stealing all their clothes. SurYa come there and celebrate the festival and at the end of the day, Bhabho asks them to stay back and permits Sandhya to pursue her IPS dream. All are happy. Bhabho also takes a promise from Sandhya that she will always place family over her job and Sandhya happily agrees to it. Sandhya attends her UPSC prelims.
A short time leap and it is Diwali. Bhabho buys the new shop and gives it to Emily. Meena is jealous. Later in the evening, she mistakes a van of goods to be Emily's and sets crackers near the van in an attempt to set fire. Later, it turns out to be Vikram's sarees and Sandhya runs and throws the crackers away from the van thereby injuring her eyes. Family worry about her eyes and Sandhya is fine but with mild injury. Next day, Meena convinces Bhabho to use the new shop temporarily for storing their goods. Emily is upset and later that day, she gets delivery pains and delivers a baby girl in the same hospital where Meena had delivery. Sandhya tries to get birth certificate of Kanha and Meena diverts her and is saved. To Meena's surprise, the whole family is happy for the baby girl and the whole neighborhood wish her and welcome her as Lakshmi. Meena feels guilty of swapping the babies.
A short time leap of four months where it seems that Sandhya has attended her UPSC mains exam and she gets her UPSC interview letter. She is worried as she has no time to prepare for the interview. Suraj with the help of DSP prepares a sample question paper and takes a mock interview of Sandhya thereby improving her confidence. He gifts her a saree to wear for the interview which suits well with the dress code of the interview. Bhabho asks Sandhya to wear a jazzy saree and she agrees. In the interview, interviewers are taken back by her dress and she answers she wanted to keep her mother in law happy. They ask her various questions regarding family, GK, confidence testing questions, etc and Sandhya answers her best. One of the interviewers tells her that he was impressed by Sandhya's answers.
A short time leap and it is the results day. Sandhya is selected for IPS training and worries about not informing Bhabho of the 11 months upcoming training. The family is happy for Sandhya and whole hanuman galli people welcome her with garland and dance. Bhabho has prepared halwa for Sandhya and in a misunderstood conversation, Sandhya blurts out that she is going for 11 months police training out of Rajasthan. Bhabho is stunned but takes it easy.
Later Sandhya gets to know that it is Bhabho's wedding anniversary and plans a surprise celebration with the help of Meena, Chavvi and Emily. They convince Bhabho and dress her up like a bride and decorate the house. They make Bhabho sit in the hall with a ghoonghat until Bhabhasa comes there and she wishes him happy anniversary. Suraj misunderstands it is Sandhya dressed up like a bride and goes to gift a rose but is stopped at the last moment by Sandhya. Bhabhasa arrives then and is surprised to see all the decorations and double confirms whether it is Bhabho who is dressed up like bride. They both wish each other and are happy with this celebration. Meena asks the secret of their successful marriage and Bhabhasa gives the credit to Bhabho who also accepts Bhabhasa's support in accomplishing this. Sandhya realizes she has not taken any vows during her marriage due to her parents' loss and her preoccupation with IPS. She later expresses her wish to Suraj that she wishes to remarry him with all the rituals followed properly and with Bhabho-Bhabhasa's blessings. Suraj is reluctant and not having the courage to seek Bhabho's permission.
The next day, Suraj is hesitant to speak to Bhabho but Sandhya forces him to talk. Bhabhasa informs the family that they are going to kuldevi mandir. Sandhya expresses to join them in temple visit while thinking of getting married in kuldevi temple. Bhabho agrees and Sandhya packs her and Suraj's wedding dresses, bangles, etc., leaving Suraj worried. She remembers the last kuldevi temple trip and wishes Suraj hold her hand and help board the bus and also to have a ride on top of the bus with him and fulfills her wishes. They have reached the temple now and she wishes to make the night before their wedding rituals begin to be memorable and asks Suraj to take her to a walk on the desert.
Upcoming Week or the week of 600th episode: Sandhya and Suraj celebrate their haldi and mehendi secretly without Bhabho and Bhabhasa's knowledge. On the wedding day, Sandhya leaves with Chathuri to the mandir asking Suraj to bring Bhabho and Bhabhasa there on time. Suraj brings them to mandir but has not revealed about their remarriage. Bhabho sees Sandhya in her bridal attire and scolds her for taking marriage rituals lightly. Sandhya gives her reasons for it and Bhabho understands her. She asks Suraj to get ready and the re-marriage takes place with Bhabho and Bhabhasa's blessings.
Lions' Gold Awards - 2011
Most Beautiful and Gorgeous Jodi'11:- Anas Rashid and Deepika Singh
Viewer's Choice Award 2012
Best Beta:-Anas Rashid
Star Parivaar Awards 2012
Favorite NayaSadasya(Female):- Deepika Singh
NayiSochKirdaar:-Anas Rashid
Favorite Bahu:-Deepika Singh
Indian Telly Awards 2012
Best Daily Serial:- Diya AurBaati Hum
Best Title Singer for a TV show:-KailashKher and ShubhMudgal
Best Actress in a negative role:-KanikaMaheshwari
Gold Awards - 2012
Best Actress in Supporting Role(Critics)'12:- NeeluVaghela
Best Actress in Negative Role(Popular)'12:- KanikaMaheshwari
Gold Debut in a Lead Role(Female)'12:- Deepika Singh
Best Television Show(Fiction)'12:- Diya AurBaati Hum
Indian Television Academy Awards 2012
Best serial (popular):- Diya AurBaati Hum
Best singer:- KailashKher&ShubhaMudgal
Big Star Young Entertainer Award 2012
Big Star Young Super Entertainer Female:-Deepika Singh
Big Star Awards 2012 (source: IF - Safi123)
Best Show:- Diya AurBaati Hum
Cinemascapes 2012 (source: IF - Tellybuzz)
Best General Entertainment TV Fiction Show in an Indian Destination:- Diya AurBaati Hum
Apsara Producers' Guild Awards 2013 (source: IF - Sonia17)
Best fiction show on TV:- Diya AurBaati Hum
PrayagKalakar Awards 2013 (source: IF - Sonia17)
Best Serial Award:- Diya AurBaati Hum
Dharohar Awards 2013
Jewel of Rajashtan:- Diya AurBaati Hum-Sashi Mittal
HiraManek Awards 2013
Best TV Actress:-Deepika Singh
Kelvinator Gr8 Women Award 2013
Best TV Actress:-Deepika Singh
Indian Telly Awards 2012
Best Daily Serial:- Diya AurBaati Hum
Best Actor Female (Popular):- Deepika Singh
Best Actor Male (Popular) :- Anas Rashid
Best Supporting Actor Female (Jury):- NeeluVaghela
Best Make-up Artist:- Krishna Gopal Rajput
Star Parivaar Awards 2013
Favourite Sasur - Ashok Lokhande
Favourite Bahu -Deepika Singh
Ghar Ki Star - Deepika Singh
GharKa Star - Anas Rashid
Favourite Pati - Anas Rashid
Indian Television Academy Awards 2013
Best Director Drama - Rohit Raj Goyal
Best Dialogues - RaghuvirShekawat
Best Actress in Supporting Role - NeeluVaghela
Best Teleplay drama - SeemaMantri
Best Actor (jury) - Anas Rashid
TRP History
(by niruba)
1st week TRP (week of 29 August, 2011) - 1.81 (9th place on Star Plus)
1st time slot leader - Week of 13October,2011
1st time on No. 1 position - 5.5
week of 11 January, 2012
Consistently on top since 8 February, 2012- 21 October,2012)
Total No. of weeks consecutively on top: 38 weeks
Back to first place from21 February 2013 to 21 November 2013 and still counting: 39 weeks
Total No. of weeks show has been on air till today: 116 weeks
Total No. of weeks on top: 77 weeks
Percentage: 66.3% (two third) of the time, DABH topping the TRP chart
Note: no TRP Data available from week 44-46 (2012) and this week
Some interesting facts:-
DABH reached the top 10 of the TRP chart in less than 2 months after its launch
Took 20 weeks to reach the 1st positionSooraj was worried. He sat in their room in Kuldevi Mandir. Bhabo and Babasa had gone back. Sandhya had requested Bhabo whether they could stay back for another 3-4 days as she will be going for training in another week. Bhabo had given them permission.
Sooraj thought. It all started there. He shouldn't have agreed to Sandhya's plan and should have dragged her back to RM. But well seeing her so happy and so open he was also lost. So lost that he even forgot his promise to her. He had told her , her dream was important , more important than him. He knew that also. Sandhya had never wanted to get married but wanted to be an IPS officer. Marriage was an accident for her. Yet she had tried to adjust to it, had started loving him and yesterday in the park she had given away herself to him completely. Sooraj closed his eyes.
Marriage to him had robbed Sandhya of a lot of things. Her independence, her dream always hanging in balance. Now when everything was going so well for her.. how could he? Sooraj cursed the moment he felt so weak. He was worried of the consequences.
Sandhya was in jovial mood. She was feeling completely happy and elated. She went about doing the chores happily. Today they need to go once again to Kuldevi Mandir as they are travelling back to RM by evening. But since yesterday she was seeing Sooraj sad, disturbed. Now she looked at him. He was sitting quietly in the bed.
Sandhya went near him " Soorajji what happened. Why are you so sad"
Sooraj looked at her " Sandhyaji I am sorry, I am really sorry Sandhyaji"
Sandhya looked at him incredulously " Sorry Soorajji, Sorry for what?"
Sooraj spoke with his head bowed his voice almost a whisper " Sandhyaji I had always wanted you to be an IPS officer, I know how much you want it, Not only you I also want to see you in that police uniform. It was because of that I had taken the celibacy vow so that our love never comes between our dream. I had never wanted our love to be a weakness for you Sandhyaji and yesterday what I had feared all along had happened. Our love became our weakness Sandhyaji"
Sandhya looked at her worried husband " Soorajji how did our love became our weakness. I had never felt that our love was a weakness. It was always my strength Soorajji and it will always remain the strength also"
" Sandhyaji you are not understanding. You are just lost in the moment". Now there was a bit of anger in his voice. " Sandhyaji what if.. he stopped and looked at her.
Sandhya went near him. Took his hand in hers and spoke gently "Soorajji I understand what you are going to tell. You are worried what will happen to IPS if I become pregnant"
Sooraj looked at her in shock. He was expecting sadness there. But she was only smiling as she spoke
" Soorajji you love me and do you have trust in my love for you"
" Sandhyaji I have never distrusted your love and I never will "
" Soorajji then why are you afraid. Soorajji it was your love that has helped this orphan girl face the betrayal of her brother, Soorajji it was your love that bought back the dream to this girl, Soorajji it was your love that made this girl face the challenges that society has thrown at her. Then how do you think it will become a weakness for me"
Sooraj looked on and she continued speaking " Soorajji I am happy for what happened between us , believe me I am extremely happy. You need not say sorry to me as you have not done anything wrong. You just allowed me to feel your love completely and since we love each other and are married we had every right to feel each other's love"
"Sandhyaji that is what I am telling. You are living in the moment. You don't.."
" Let me complete Soorajji" Sandhya cut him in.. " Soorajji if I am going to become pregnant to be frank I will be happiest on earth. I do understand that if that happens I may not be able to go for IPS training this year. But Soorajji that is not the end of our dream. Soorajji it is very difficult for a mother to leave her new born and go anywhere. But Soorajji I have you. I can very well go for training next year assured that our precious bundle of joy will never feel my absence. You will never allow him/her to feel my absence. You will show shower him/her with all the love which even I cannot give."
"Then one more thing. Today if I go you will be alone Soorajji. But when I go after giving you the biggest gift a wife can give her husband even I will be happy in training and can commit myself to it completely. I know I have been able to give you happiness. I know our precious bundle is keeping his/her papa busy and not allowing him to think or worry about his/her mama very much." She smiled " Soorajji think about it. How beautiful it would be. Soorajji true I want to be an IPS officer. But you are most important to me Soorajji and your love is my biggest strength. Never ever think it is a weakness for me
Sooraj looked at his wife. She was smiling and tears of happiness were flowing from her eyes. Sooraj was overwhelmed. His education status and his profession as a halwai was always a worry for his mother. It had been hinted to him multiple times that it was because of this he was not getting good proposals as no girl would want to live her life with a halwai. If that was not enough even the bride had run away on the day of the marriage citing the same reasons. It was then he was married to Sandhya that too on lies. It was a tough road that they had travelled together trying to understand each other.
Today he was discovering a new Sandhya. This well qualified woman who is on her way to become an IPS officer loves him for what he is. He is not a barrier between her and her dream, but he is the wind beneath her wings which is allowing her soar high. Sooraj slowly stood up, Sandhya too. They looked at each other and then Sooraj hugged her tightly. He was crying, but Sandhya knew those were the tears of happiness. Sooraj's love was always her strength and today she was allowing him to feel the strength of her love.